Utility Worker II (May underfill as UWI) Water

City of Tigard; Portland (OR); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and dental plans

Generous retirement plan

HRA-VEBA

Paid vacation and sick leave

Floating holidays

Life and disability insurance

TriMet transit pass

Zusammenfassung

The City of Tigard is seeking a dedicated water distribution professional to join our Public Works Water Division. You will install, maintain, and repair water distribution infrastructure including service lines, hydrants, pumps, and storage facilities, while ensuring safety and code compliance.

This role emphasizes teamwork, after-hours emergency response, and a path to certification; a Class A CDL with Tanker Endorsement and Oregon water distribution license are required or pursued within two

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma and two years related experience in streets, underground utilities, or parks and landscape.

Aufgaben

• Install, maintain, and repair water distribution infrastructure including service lines, hydrants, pumps, and storage facilities.
• Inspect water service for code compliance.
• Perform maintenance such as water main flushing, valve exercising, hydrant maintenance, and meter work.

Ausbildung

High school diploma

Two years related experience

Jobbeschreibung

OUR PURPOSE

At the City of Tigard, our talented, industrious, and innovative municipal government professionals have been providing essential services and recreational spaces to Tigard’s growing community for over 60 years. City of Tigard team members enjoy meaningful work, a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, job specific flexibilities and opportunities for growth and advancement. Incorporated in 1961, Tigard is Oregon’s 12th largest city and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.

Overview

At the City of Tigard, our talented, industrious, and innovative municipal government professionals have been providing essential services and recreational spaces to Tigard’s growing community for over 60 years. City of Tigard team members enjoy meaningful work, a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, job specific flexibilities and opportunities for growth and advancement. Incorporated in 1961, Tigard is Oregon’s 12th largest city and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.

OUR VALUES

At Team Tigard, we are the ambassadors of our municipal services to the members of our community. We aspire to treat all people with dignity, respect, and care; to demonstrate the equitable and sustainable practices that are environmentally and fiscally sound, and to engage with each other as trusted colleagues to achieve excellence in all we do. We do the right things, and we get things done.

Examples of Duties

The Public Works Water Division is looking for one dedicated water professional that has a good work ethic and can work with a team and on occasion work alone. Our team works in all weather conditions, responds to afterhours emergency repairs (as, needed), observing safe work practices and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment.

The water division installs, maintains, and repairs water distribution infrastructure including service lines, hydrants, pumps, and storage facilities. We also inspect water service for code compliance. This is a water distribution position - the City of Tigard does not operate a water treatment plant.

Installation, Repair And Replace

• Water distribution main lines
• Fire hydrants
• Water meters
• Water service lines

Performs Maintenance That Includes

• Water main flushing
• Water valve exercising
• Fire Hydrant maintenance
• Maintenance around water meters

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade and two (2) years of related experience, such as construction, repair, operation, and maintenance of streets, underground utilities, or parks and landscape.

Licenses and Certifications

• Class A CDL Driver's License with Tanker Endorsement
• Within six (6) months of the date of entry into the position, must obtain a Standard First Aid Certificate issued by the American Red Cross.
• Within six (6) months of the date of entry into the position, must obtain a CPR Certification.
• Confined Space Entry Certification.
• Competent Person Certification.
• Within two (2) years of the date of entry into the position, must obtain or show the ability to obtain a Water Distribution License through Oregon Health Authority.

Supplemental Information

Union Representation: SEIU

Schedule: Generally, working days are Monday through Thursday one week (9-hour days) and Monday through Friday (9-hour days Monday through Thursday and an 8-hour day on Friday) the next week. This schedule provides 3-day weekends every other weekend.

Additional Information: The successful candidate will pass a physical capacities test designed to evaluate ability to perform the essential physical functions of the job.

Benefits

In addition to being a great place to work, the City of Tigard offers competitive employee benefits for full-time and part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week:

• Choice of health and dental plans
• Generous retirement plan
• City-paid HRA-VEBA
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 10 paid holidays plus 28 hours of floating holiday (3.5 days of floating holiday)
• Life and disability insurance
• Universal transit pass through TriMet

This job classification is represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), OPEU Local 503.